The reason China isn't democratizing is because it is not really capitalist. China mixes markets with heavy doses of mercantilism and corporatism and also fails to live up to other tenets of capitalism.

Are the origins of the United States religious and political, or did economic motives drive the early colonists?

The consensus view that America's origins are ideological and religious is insufficient to explain this country. The role of economics, capitalism, and wealth are equally important, if not more.

George L. Priest of Yale Law School delivered the May Bradley Lecture.

Currently dominant histories of the founding of America—by Gordon Wood and Bernard Bailyn, for example—emphasize the religious and democratic origins of the United States, adjusted for the history of slavery. This lecture will attempt to shift that emphasis...

In just a few days’ time, Gingrich has managed has to do something Romney has tried and failed to do for more than five years: rally conservatives behind Mitt Romney.

While Bo's story is about power, it should not obscure the fact that there is an ideological struggle going on inside China.

It’s the beauty part of free-market capitalism: To successfully pursue happiness, you must help others do likewise.